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Reviewed on April 1, 2012 | Video/DVD
Gr 9 Up—Laura McNeal's haunting tale (Knopf, 2010) about Pearl DeWitt, a 15-year-old with two different colored eyes, takes place in Falls River, California, near the Mexican border, with the actual 2007 catastrophic wildfires as the background. Pearl's divorced mother is desperately struggling to raise her daughter alone. Everything seems calm on the surface, but there's trouble raging. When Pearl's uncle hires ill...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
